Colombos (Doves)
2 cups flour, sifted
2 tbsp. cream
1/2 cup butter
2 egg yolks, unbeaten
1/2 cup sugar
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg yolks and blend in well. Add the flour and enough cream to make a stiff dough. Roll thin, cut with a cutter shaped like a bird, mark eyes with currants arid bake at 350F to a golden brown.
Colonial Chess Cakes
1 cup sugar
1/2 nutmeg, grated
1 cup butter, melted
1/8 tsp. salt
8 eggs, beatenen for 10 minutes
Add the butter, sugar, salt and nutmeg to the eggs and mix well. Place the bowl in a pan of simmering water and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture begins to thicken. Bake as directed for Chess Cakes.
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